2013-2014
The Robotics Club at Brookside High School was formed during the 2013-2014 school year. It was decided that we would compete in VEX Robotics competitions. The VEX competition for our first year was VEX Toss-Up. Advisors were Mr. Landis and Mr. Spainhourd.
We received a generous donation from Beacon Medical Services, Inc. to fund our first robot and we also obtained a grant from the REC Foundation for a second robot!
Our first student meeting was November 4th and was attended by 11 students. Attendance varied the first few weeks, peaking at 15. In all 21 students expressed interest but eventually we had 11 committed students divided into 2 teams.
Zane State
Our first competition was January 25th, 2014 at Zane State College. We had a snow day the Friday before, but we still met at the school and spent 11 hours fine-tuning our robot and especially our autonomous programs.
Roads were snow-covered and travel was slow but the organizers waited patiently for us. We quickly checked in, set up our pit area, and headed to the arenas for our first matches. Our first ever match teamed our A team with Team 9029 from Logan Elm, and we were victorious!
Our late arrival prevented us from attempting the Programming Challenge but Hunter W. did attempt the Robot Skills Challenge.
Our A team ended up not participating in the elimination round. Our B team however was paired with Logan Elm and Tri-Valley and won 3 consecutive matches to earn the tournament championship trophy. This qualified our team for both the Ohio State High School Championship and also the CREATE U.S. Open Robotics Championship in Omaha, Nebraska.
Cleveland State
Our next match was at Cleveland State on February 8th. The B team participated in the quarterfinals. Highlights of the tournament were the B team finishing 2nd in Programming Skills and 8th in Driver Skills, and the A team finishing 4th in Programming Skills and 6th in Driver Skills.
Ohio VEX State Championship
We ended the season at the Ohio State Championship at Harding HS in Marion. Team 6403B ended the qualifying rounds ranked 16th, while 6403A was ranked 24th. In the alliance selection, 6403B was selected by NERD Nation (Norwalk) to join the #3 Alliance. We won our 1st Quarter Final, advancing to the Semis. In the Semi Finals, our alliance selected us to play all 3 rounds due to our ability to do a pull-up. We won our first match, then lost by just 4 points, when a win would have propelled us to the finals as well as qualified us for VEX Worlds!
We received a generous donation from Beacon Medical Services, Inc. to fund our first robot and we also obtained a grant from the REC Foundation for a second robot!
Our first student meeting was November 4th and was attended by 11 students. Attendance varied the first few weeks, peaking at 15. In all 21 students expressed interest but eventually we had 11 committed students divided into 2 teams.
Zane State
Our first competition was January 25th, 2014 at Zane State College. We had a snow day the Friday before, but we still met at the school and spent 11 hours fine-tuning our robot and especially our autonomous programs.
Roads were snow-covered and travel was slow but the organizers waited patiently for us. We quickly checked in, set up our pit area, and headed to the arenas for our first matches. Our first ever match teamed our A team with Team 9029 from Logan Elm, and we were victorious!
Our late arrival prevented us from attempting the Programming Challenge but Hunter W. did attempt the Robot Skills Challenge.
Our A team ended up not participating in the elimination round. Our B team however was paired with Logan Elm and Tri-Valley and won 3 consecutive matches to earn the tournament championship trophy. This qualified our team for both the Ohio State High School Championship and also the CREATE U.S. Open Robotics Championship in Omaha, Nebraska.
Cleveland State
Our next match was at Cleveland State on February 8th. The B team participated in the quarterfinals. Highlights of the tournament were the B team finishing 2nd in Programming Skills and 8th in Driver Skills, and the A team finishing 4th in Programming Skills and 6th in Driver Skills.
Ohio VEX State Championship
We ended the season at the Ohio State Championship at Harding HS in Marion. Team 6403B ended the qualifying rounds ranked 16th, while 6403A was ranked 24th. In the alliance selection, 6403B was selected by NERD Nation (Norwalk) to join the #3 Alliance. We won our 1st Quarter Final, advancing to the Semis. In the Semi Finals, our alliance selected us to play all 3 rounds due to our ability to do a pull-up. We won our first match, then lost by just 4 points, when a win would have propelled us to the finals as well as qualified us for VEX Worlds!